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Physical Geography : Kamran Khan

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Karachi : Maktaba-e-Faridi, .Description: 285 pages P90Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910 KAM-P
Contents:
Chapter I: Weather and Climate. 1. The Earth. 2. Isolation. 3. Vertical Distribution of Temperature. 4. Horizontal distribution of temperature. 5. Terrestrial Heat budget. 6. Atmospheric. 7. Pressure gradient force. 8. Humidity. 9. Clouds. 10. Monsoon Winds. 11. Local Winds. i. land and sea breeze. ii. Valley and Mountain breeze. iii. Katabatic wind or gravity wind. iv. Foehn or Chinook winds. 12. Planetary wind system. i. Trade winds. ii. Westerlies. iii. Polar Easterlies. 13. Forms of Precipitation. i. Convectional precipitation. ii. Orographic or relief Precipitation. iii. Frontal or Cyclonic precipitation. 14. Fronts. i. Stationary Front. ii. Cold front. iii. Occluded Front. 15. Stability of Air. i. Absolute Stability. ii. Absolute instability. iii. Conditional stability. iv. Neutral Equilibrium of Air. 16. Air Masses. 17. Atmospheric disturbances. i. Extra-tropical cyclone or middle latitude cyclone. ii. Tropical cyclone. 18. Koeppen Climate Classification. 19. Mediterianean type of Climate. 20. Equatorial climate. Chapter II: Landforms. 1. Rock Cycle. 2. Types of Rocks. i. Igneous Rocks. ii. Sedimentary Rocks. iii. Metamorphic Rocks. 3. Interior of Earth. 4. Plate tectonics. 5. Plate tectonics. 6. Folds and Faults. 7. Earthquakes. 8. Volcanoes. 9. Weathering. 10. Mass wasting. 11. Erosion and Deposition. 12. Cycle of Erosion: An Introduction. 13. Karst landscape. 14. The Shaping and Reshaping of river valleys. 15. River Erosion. 16. Agents of Gradation. 17. Running Water. 18. Cycle of Erosion. 19. Underground Water. 20. Wind Landforms. 21. Glaciers. Chapter III: Oceans and Currents. 1. Continental margin and the Sea Floor. 2. Features produced by waves. 3. The bottom Configuration of the Pacific Ocean. 4. The Bottom configuration of the Altartic Ocean. 5. The bottom configuration jof the Indian Ocean. 6. Ocean currents. 7. North Atlantic Ocean Currents. 8. The Pacific ocean Currents. 9. The Indian Ocean Currents. 10. Salinity. 11. Tides. Chapter IV: Maps. 1. Study of maps. 2. Map Projections. 3. Types of Maps. 4. Topographical Maps. 5. Merits and demerits of Maps. Chapter V: Glossary and Miscellaneous Information.
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Physical Geography

Chapter I: Weather and Climate. 1. The Earth. 2. Isolation. 3. Vertical Distribution of Temperature. 4. Horizontal distribution of temperature. 5. Terrestrial Heat budget. 6. Atmospheric. 7. Pressure gradient force. 8. Humidity. 9. Clouds. 10. Monsoon Winds. 11. Local Winds. i. land and sea breeze. ii. Valley and Mountain breeze. iii. Katabatic wind or gravity wind. iv. Foehn or Chinook winds. 12. Planetary wind system. i. Trade winds. ii. Westerlies. iii. Polar Easterlies. 13. Forms of Precipitation. i. Convectional precipitation. ii. Orographic or relief Precipitation. iii. Frontal or Cyclonic precipitation. 14. Fronts. i. Stationary Front. ii. Cold front. iii. Occluded Front. 15. Stability of Air. i. Absolute Stability. ii. Absolute instability. iii. Conditional stability. iv. Neutral Equilibrium of Air. 16. Air Masses. 17. Atmospheric disturbances. i. Extra-tropical cyclone or middle latitude cyclone. ii. Tropical cyclone. 18. Koeppen Climate Classification. 19. Mediterianean type of Climate. 20. Equatorial climate. Chapter II: Landforms. 1. Rock Cycle. 2. Types of Rocks. i. Igneous Rocks. ii. Sedimentary Rocks. iii. Metamorphic Rocks. 3. Interior of Earth. 4. Plate tectonics. 5. Plate tectonics. 6. Folds and Faults. 7. Earthquakes. 8. Volcanoes. 9. Weathering. 10. Mass wasting. 11. Erosion and Deposition. 12. Cycle of Erosion: An Introduction. 13. Karst landscape. 14. The Shaping and Reshaping of river valleys. 15. River Erosion. 16. Agents of Gradation. 17. Running Water. 18. Cycle of Erosion. 19. Underground Water. 20. Wind Landforms. 21. Glaciers. Chapter III: Oceans and Currents. 1. Continental margin and the Sea Floor. 2. Features produced by waves. 3. The bottom Configuration of the Pacific Ocean. 4. The Bottom configuration of the Altartic Ocean. 5. The bottom configuration jof the Indian Ocean. 6. Ocean currents. 7. North Atlantic Ocean Currents. 8. The Pacific ocean Currents. 9. The Indian Ocean Currents. 10. Salinity. 11. Tides. Chapter IV: Maps. 1. Study of maps. 2. Map Projections. 3. Types of Maps. 4. Topographical Maps. 5. Merits and demerits of Maps. Chapter V: Glossary and Miscellaneous Information.

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